Ted Jeffrey Otsuki
Ted Otsuki | |
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FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive | |
Charges | murder of a Boston police officer |
Description | |
Born | Ted Jeffrey Otsuki 1951 (age 70–71) Harlingen, Texas |
Nationality | American |
Race | Japanese |
Spouse | Dorothy M. Schoenmakers (divorced) |
Children | 1 |
Status | |
Penalty | life in prison with no parole |
Added | January 1988 |
Caught | September 4, 1988 (aged 36) |
Number | 415 |
Captured | |
Ted Jeffrey Otsuki is an American criminal of Japanese descent from Harlingen, Texas and a former member of the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list who was added as number 415.[1] Otsuki killed a Boston police officer, Roy Joseph Sergei, and critically wounded another, Jorge Torres, after they came across him by mistake in an alley on October 9, 1987. At the time of the shooting Otsuki was on parole for multiple robberies.[2]
Disappearance and capture[]
Otsuki was wanted for the 1987 murder shooting of a Boston, Massachusetts police officer.[3] A murder warrant was then issued for Otsuki's arrest and capture and he was then traced by the police to the city of San Francisco, California. Otsuki was captured in Jalisco, Guadalajara on September 4, 1988 by both the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Mexican Federal agents.[4]
Aftermath[]
Otsuki was found guilty of first degree homicide and sentenced to life in prison plus 20 years without the possibility of parole.[5][6]
References[]
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH vs. TED JEFFERY OTSUKI". Justia Law. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
- ^ "Jury convicts bank robber in slaying of police officer". UPI. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
- ^ "FBI Arrests Fugitive Wanted For Killing Boston Police Officer". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
- ^ "415. Ted Jeffery Otsuki". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
- ^ "Chat with a cop killer". Boston Herald. 2011-03-21. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
- ^ "Ted Jeffrey Otsuki FBI Most Wanted". My Crime Library. 2017-06-19. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
- FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
- American murderers
- Fugitives
- Living people
- American people of Japanese descent
- 1951 births